Six-red World Championship

The Six-red World Championship is a six-red snooker tournament, played with the six colour balls and six reds. Ding Junhui is the reigning champion.

This article is about the Sangsom sponsored event. For the 888sport.com sponsored event, see 2009 Six-red World Championship.

Six-red World Championship
Tournament information
VenueBangkok Convention Center
LocationBangkok
CountryThailand
Established2008
Organisation(s)World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (since 2012)
Total prize fund10,000,000 baht[1]
Current championChina Ding Junhui

History

The event was first held in the 2008/2009 season, and was known as the Six-red Snooker International. The event was organised by the Asian Confederation of Billiards Sports. Forty-eight players were divided in 8 round-robin groups. The top four from each group moved into the knock-out stage.[2] In 2009 the event was renamed the Six-red World Grand Prix. In 2010, it replaced a rival tournament (sponsored by 888sport) as the official six red snooker world championship, after the other event—held once in 2009—was discontinued.[2] The event was not held in the 2011/2012 season,[3] but it returned for the 2012/2013 season with the backing of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. The event was held at the Montien Riverside Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand between 2008 and 2014.[4] The following year it took place in the Fashion Island Shopping Mall, before the Convention Centre became the venue for the tournament from 2016 on.

The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 prevented the event from being scheduled as it was not possible for tour players to travel to Thailand. In the 2022-23 snooker season, the event was listed as returning to the tour for the first time since 2019, where Stephen Maguire would have had an opportunity to defend his title. However, in the weeks leading up to the tournaments' official start date of 5 September 2022, the professional membership were notified that the tournament was to be postponed. This decision led to criticism of the World Snooker Tour, as despite the well-understood position of the tournament being postponed by both players and broadcasters, no announcement had been made to the public.[5] It was ultimately held during March of 2023, with Ding Junhui winning his second title.

Winners

[2]

Year Winner Opponent Final score Season
Six-red Snooker International
2008[6] England Ricky Walden England Stuart Bingham 8–3 2008/09
Six-red World Grand Prix
2009[7] England Jimmy White England Barry Hawkins 8–6 2009/10
Six-red World Championship
2010[8] England Mark Selby England Ricky Walden 8–6 2010/11
2012[4] England Mark Davis England Shaun Murphy 8–4 2012/13
2013[9] England Mark Davis Australia Neil Robertson 8–4 2013/14
2014[10] Scotland Stephen Maguire England Ricky Walden 8–7 2014/15
2015[11] Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh China Liang Wenbo 8–2 2015/16
2016[12] China Ding Junhui England Stuart Bingham 8–7 2016/17
2017 Wales Mark Williams Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 8–2 2017/18
2018 England Kyren Wilson China Ding Junhui 8–4 2018/19
2019 Scotland Stephen Maguire Scotland John Higgins 8–6 2019/20
2023 China Ding Junhui Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 8–6 2022/23

Stats

Finalists
Name Nationality Winner Runner-up Finals
Ding Junhui  China 2 1 3
Mark Davis  England 2 0 2
Stephen Maguire  Scotland 2 0 2
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh  Thailand 1 2 3
Ricky Walden  England 1 2 3
Mark Selby  England 1 0 1
Jimmy White  England 1 0 1
Mark Williams  Wales 1 0 1
Kyren Wilson  England 1 0 1
Stuart Bingham  England 0 2 2
Barry Hawkins  England 0 1 1
John Higgins  Scotland 0 1 1
Liang Wenbo  China 0 1 1
Shaun Murphy  England 0 1 1
Neil Robertson  Australia 0 1 1

References
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  5. "'People are not happy' - Mark Allen voices growing concerns over snooker tour". 28 August 2022.
  6. "2008 Sangsom 6-reds International Snooker". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008.
  7. "2009 Sangsom 6 Reds Results". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  8. "Sangsom 6Red World Championships 2010". Cue Sports India. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
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